Thanks to Alex King and Kaushik Nilakant for an excellent session on the traumatic cardiac arrest.
Here is a copy of their presentation if you missed it.
Check out these links to the references that were discussed during the session.
What is the basic skill set we need to manage these situations?
What more advanced skills can we as Emergency Physicians learn and practice?
http://ragepodcast.com/cases-races/
http://blog.ercast.org/no-cpr-trauma-arrest/
http://emcrit.org/podcasts/trauma-thoughts-john-hinds/
http://emcrit.org/podcasts/traumatic-arrest/
In essense, we all need to have a plan for management of the Traumatic Cardiac Arrest.
It needs to be based on our own personal skill set and our immediate resources.
And it could save a life.